Cleaning Your #PowerBI Power Query Code
Over the weekend I found this nifty tool called Power Query Management Studio. Someone shared it on Twitter and you’ve...
2015-08-10
598 reads
SQL with Dustin Ryan
Twitter Analysis with #PowerBI & Plus One
Earlier this week Christopher Finlan put together this awesome Datazen dashboard using Plus One. Christopher has been doing a lot...
2015-08-07
698 reads
#PowerBI and #SSAS Tabular: A Natural Fit with the Power BI SSAS Connector
In late June last month, the Microsoft Power BI team released the Microsoft Power BI Analysis Services Connector. The Power...
2015-08-07
1,090 reads
Importing Excel Power View Dashboards into Power BI
If your organization is now a Power BI customer, congratulations. You’re now ready to create some very cool dashboards, integrate...
2015-08-04
1,093 reads
#PowerBI Tip: Use the Treemap, Column or Funnel Chart as a Colorful Slicer
Power BI Desktop has been out for GA for over a week now and some of the pro’s out there...
2015-08-03
1,588 reads
#PowerBI Fantasy Football Player Stats Dashboards for Download
Every year at Pragmatic Works some coworkers, including consultants, marketing staff, support team members, software development staff and project management,...
2015-08-01
1,561 reads
Three Best Practices for #PowerBI
Since the release of Power BI Desktop this past week, I’ve been really spending my extra time digging into the...
2015-07-31
1,233 reads
Blogs
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
By Steve Jones
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
Forums
Delta Lake: The Definitive Guide: Modern Data Lakehouse Architectures with Data Lakes
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Delta Lake: The Definitive Guide:...
Databricks Data Intelligence Platform: Unlocking the GenAI Revolution
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Databricks Data Intelligence Platform: Unlocking...
Storytelling with Data: Let's Practice!
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Storytelling with Data: Let's Practice!
Question of the Day
The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers